Economics Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
|
An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics, 2002
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, 5
volumes, 2003
Biographical Dictionary of American Economists,
2 volumes, 2006
A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists,
2000
Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in
Economics and Finance, 9th ed., 3 volumes, 2004
Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance, 2007
Financial Lexicon: A Compendium of Financial
Definitions, Acronyms, and Colloquialisms, 2005
Economic Indicators Handbook, 6th ed., 2002
Guide to Economic Indicators, 4th ed., 2006
World Development Indicators, 2006
American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has Money,
5th ed., 2005
The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil
War, 1600-1865, 2005
The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the
United States, 1860-1999, 1999 |
=Contains
full text
= More information
= Only available in library
= U.S. Government resource
|
|
Essential Resources: |
|
|
Economic Indicators (GPO Access):
Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic
Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages,
production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and
Federal finance.
Coverage: 1998 to present. Updated: monthly.
|
|
|
Economic Report of
the President (GPO Access):
Annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and
extensive data appendices.
Coverage: 1995 to present. Updated: yearly.
|
|
|
Additional Resources: |
|
|
 ABI/INFORM Global
(ProQuest):
Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1600 scholarly and
trade business periodicals with full-text from more than 700
journals. It is an excellent source of
information on management techniques, corporate strategies, trends,
and business conditions. Coverage: 1971 to present with small
collection (25 titles) back to early 1900's. Updated: bi-monthly.
|
|
|
 Business
Source Elite (EBSCOhost):
Nearly 1,050 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting and much more.
Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
 |
As
of July 16 this database has a new look and some new
functions. Due to the interface switch, some search tools
may be temporarily unavailable. |
|
|
|
GMID - Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor):
Contains
over 4 million statistics on industries, countries, and consumers as
well as 15,000 industry, company, country, and consumer reports.
This resource also includes 205 country reports and market and brand
share rankings. Individual and cross-country comparisons
of data types include demographic and
economic statistics, lifestyle indicators including
housing and household facilities, travel and tourism trends, GDP
trends, and
income and earnings potential. Coverage: 1977 to present. Forecast
Data: Through 2015. Updated:
weekly. Note: Data in this resource may be used for research
and private study only.
|
|
|
JSTOR
Business Collection:
46 full text journals related to business. Most of these journals are
full-text until late 1990's (1996-1998) with no current issues.
Coverage: varies early 1900's to 2000. Updated: quarterly.
|
|
New look, same resource. The JSTOR
Business Collection will have a new look beginning April 4. |
|
|
|
MarketLine Business Information Center (Datamonitor)
MarketLine contains business information from primary and secondary
sources. This database offers concise profiles of 10,000 companies,
2,000 industries, and 50 countries. It also offers 2,500 company SWOT analyses and is constantly updated with the latest business and
industry news. Updated: Company and industry profiles - biannually;
Country profiles - annually .
|
|
|
STAT-USA/Internet (U.S.
Department of Commerce):
(1) State of the
Nation--current and historical economic and financial releases
and economic data;
(2) GLOBUS & NTDB--current and historical trade-related
releases, international market research (Country Commercial
Guides (CCG)), trade opportunities, country analysis (Country
Background Notes), and
the National Trade Data Bank. Access on the Statistics/Geography and Business
workstations in the reference area.
|
|
|
World Development Indicators (World Bank):
2000 edition. International demographic data. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference
area.
|
|
|
Multidisciplinary Library Databases: |
These full-text
resources also include information related to this subject area:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
scholarly and popular periodicals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.
LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly,
trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.
CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics
in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more
than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
|
|
Public Websites: |
The following web resources were selected by librarians:
Economics
Web sites A directory listing of related
sites.
E.H. Net
Encyclopedia
E.H. How
Much is That?
Information on comparative values of
purchasing power, exchange rates, and other
variables between the past and present.
The White House:
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
FRASER (Federal Reserve
Archival System for Economic Research)
International Economics Network
International Monetary
Fund
Liber8 (Federal Reserve Bank of. St.
Louis economic information portal)
National Bureau of
Economic Research
U.S.
Economy at a Glance
Wisconsin Economic Indicators
|
